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When I first discovered Heather’s blog, Life Made Lovely, I knew that I wanted to work with her for my blog design. Her blog is basically all about the ways that God has made her life lovely, even after personally experiencing deep sorrow and loss. What an inspiration. She is a true professional … [Read more...] about A Blog Made Lovely by Life Made Lovely

Both my mom and mother-in-law have saved great things from our childhoods to pass on to their grandchildren. It’s such a sweet and thoughtful thing to do and I hope to be just as organized in order to do the same for our own future grandchildren someday. These are some adorable 1970’s outfits that … [Read more...] about A Vintage Photo-shoot in Mama’s Old Clothes

Do you need a last minute Halloween costume? I came up with this extremely easy and inexpensive no sew Luke and Leia costume a few months back for a Star Wars birthday party we went to. It’s perfect for this time of year or for play time in general.My goal was to not buy anything new for this … [Read more...] about No-Sew DIY Star Wars Costumes

When my almost six year old came to me recently and said he would really like to have a bow tie, I was pretty excited (even if the only reason is so he can look like “Jerry” from Tom and Jerry). We went online shopping together (for the first time) and found this adorable bow tie faster than you … [Read more...] about FOUND: The Perfect Bow Tie

I love to read about other artist’s inspirations, so I thought I’d share some of mine in this post.When creating a new illustration for my blog and etsy shop, I used scraps of my late Grandmother in-law’s vintage fabric, a photo I recently snapped of my daughter at a petting zoo, combined art from … [Read more...] about Inspiration Behind the Scenes

I think that some of the best and most innovative art comes from people using things from their surroundings that they already have on hand. Case in point: the Quilters of Gee’s Bend, who started their tradition back in the 19th century out of necessity from scraps in their small Alabama town, now … [Read more...] about Art, Quilts, and Theodore

My husband is part Hawaiian and he has many relatives who live over there (lucky for us that two of them happen to be amazing photographers!). Still, we have only been to visit twice in our twelve years of marriage – one of those times was this summer. It was such a special time for our kids to … [Read more...] about Ohana Visit

Hope. It’s a word that I have noticed over the last six months or so that seems to keep popping up for me in unexpected places. First, my husband was given this book (by the author who is also the pastor who married us) on a work trip up to Seattle while visiting our old church and then there is … [Read more...] about In a Word…Hope